Mohammed Musa Hashmi, known by his pen name Purnam Allahabadi was an

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Sabri Brothers The Sabri Brothers ( Punjabi, ) were a musical band from Pakistan who were performers of Sufi qawwali music and were closely connected to the Chishti Order. They are considered as one of the greatest Sufi qawwali singers of all times. The Sabr ...

and Tumhe Dillagi originally sung by

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ( pa, ; born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan; 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997) was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director. He was primarily a singer of qawwali — a form of Sufi devotional music. Sometimes ...

Early life and career

Purnam Allahabadi was born in 1940 in Allahabad, British India.Poetry of Purnam Allahabadi on rekhta.org website
Retrieved 12 June 2017 He settled in

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after the 1947 independence of Pakistan but later on moved to

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...

, Pakistan due to family disputes. There he lived in a single room flat at the

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, Lahore. Besides writing song-lyrics for Indian and Pakistani movies, he is best known for writing masterpiece

Qawwali Qawwali (Punjabi language, Punjabi: (Shahmukhi), (Gurmukhi); Urdu: (Nastaʿlīq, Nasta'liq); Hindi: क़व्वाली (Devanagari); Bengali language, Bengali: কাওয়ালি (Bengali alphabet, Bengali)) is a form of Sufi Isl ...

"Bhar Do Jholi Meri Ya Muhammad" & "O Sharabi Chhod De Peena" composed & sung by:

Sabri Brothers The Sabri Brothers ( Punjabi, ) were a musical band from Pakistan who were performers of Sufi qawwali music and were closely connected to the Chishti Order. They are considered as one of the greatest Sufi qawwali singers of all times. The Sabr ...

which became an evergreen blockbuster hits.Qawwali song 'Bhardo Jholi Meri Ya Muhammad' written by Purnam Allahabadi
The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 24 September 2011, Retrieved 12 June 2017 Allahabadi has also written the masterpiece ghazal " Tumhe Dillagi Bhool Jani Padegi" which was originally sung by

References

External links

Purnam Allahabadi's qawwali lyrics originally sung by the Sabri Brothers in 1975
1940 births 2009 deaths Muhajir people Pakistani poets Urdu-language poets from Pakistan Poets from Lahore {{Pakistan-poet-stub